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THE  REVISED 

CONSTITUTIONS 

OF  THE 

MISSIONARY  CHURCH 
ASSOCIATION 

AND  OF  THE 

MISSIONARY  CHURCHES 

As  adopted  by  the  General  Conference  of 

19  16 


Published  by  authority  of 

The  General  Conference  of  the  Missionary 
Church  Association 


HISTORICAL  AND  DOCTRINAL 
STATEMENT. 


Due  to  the  fact  that  a  number  of  persons  in 
different  denominations  were  deeply  impressed, 
some  years  ago,  with  the  need  of  better  oppor¬ 
tunities  for  cultivating  the  deeper  spiritual 
life,  for  promoting  the  fuller  teaching  of  the 
Word  of  God,  and  for  engaging  in  more  aggres¬ 
sive  missionary  work,  it  became  evident  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  was  leading  to  the  formation 
of  a  new  organization. 

Accordingly  these  persons  entered  into  an 
organization  in  the  year  1898,  under  the  name. 
The  Missionary  Church  Association,  for  the 
purpose  of  meeting  this  need.  This  Associa¬ 
tion  was  incorporated  in  the  state  of  Indiana, 
in  the  year  1905. 

The  principles  that  led  to  the  original  or¬ 
ganization  are  expressed  in  the  following  doc¬ 
trinal  statement,  held  by  the  primitive  church, 
and  recorded  in  the  Word  of  God: 

1.  The  divine  and  plenary  inspiration  and 
authority  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  2  Tim.  3:16; 
2  Pet.  1:21. 

2.  The  trinity  of  the  Godhead,  Mat.  28:19; 
2  Cor.  13:14. 

3.  The  deity,  virgin  birth,  and  sinless  hu¬ 
manity  of  Jesus  Christ,  Mat.  1:20-23;  Lk.  1:35; 
Jno.  8:46. 

4.  The  person  and  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
Jno.  16:7-15;  Acts  13:2;  Tit.  3:5. 

5.  The  total  depravity  of  man  by  nature, 
Ps.  51:5;  Rom.  3:9-18;  Eph.  2:1-3. 

6.  The  substitutionary  death  and  bodily  res¬ 
urrection  of  Jesus  Christ,  Rom.  4:25;  1  Pet. 
2:24;  Lk.  24:39. 

7.  The  necessity  of  the  new  birth,  Jno.  3:3-7; 
Gal.  6:15. 

8.  The  enduement  with  the  Holy  Spirit  as  a 
definite  crisis  experience  after  the  new  birth,  to 
guide  us,  to  endue  us  for  service,  and  to  trans¬ 
form  our  life  into  Christ’s  image,  Jno.  16:13; 
Acts  1:8;  2  Cor.  3:17,18. 


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9.  Practical  holiness,  and  the  maintenance 
of  good  works,  Gal.  5:22,  23;  Eph.  4:22-32. 

10.  Divine  healing  for  the  body,  as  provided 
in  the  atonement,  in  answer  to  the  prayer  of 
faith,  Isa.  53:4,  5;  Mat.  8:16,  17;  Jas.  5:13-16. 

11.  The  unity  of  the  true  church  as  the  mys¬ 
tical  body  of  Christ,  1  Cor.  12:12-31;  Eph.  1:22, 
23;  4:3-6. 

12.  The  reality  and  personality  of  Satan,  Job 
1:6-12;  2  Cor.  11:13-15;  Rev.  20:1-3,  7-10. 

13.  The  course  of  this  world  as  under  the 
Prince  of  the  power  of  the  air,  2  Cor.  4:3,4; 
Eph.  2:2;  6:12. 

14.  The  duty  of  the  church  to  give  the  Gos¬ 
pel  to  all  men,  Mat.  28:18-20;  Acts  1:8. 

15.  The  personal,  premillennial,  and  immi¬ 
nent  coming  of  Christ,  Acts  1:10,11;  1  Thes. 
4:16, 17;  Mk.  13:34-37. 

16.  The  resurrection  and  future  immortality 
of  the  body,  Rom.  8:23;  1  Cor.  15. 

17.  Life  everlasting  for  believers,  and  the 
endless  punishment  of  the  impenitent,  Dan. 
12:1,2;  Mat.  25:46;  Mk.  9:43-48. 

18.  The  apostasy  of  the  present  age,  cul¬ 
minating  in  the  judgments  of  the  great  tribula¬ 
tion,  1  Tim.  4:1-3;  2  Tim.  4:1-4;  2  Thes.  2:3-10. 

19.  The  literal  and  personal  reign  of  Christ 
on  earth  during  the  coming  age,  Dan.  7:13, 14; 
Lk.  1:32,  33;  Rev.  5:9, 10;  20:4-6. 

20.  The  bringing  in  of  the  new  heaven  and 
the  new  earth  as  the  final  state,  Isa.  65:17; 
66:22;  2  Pet.  3:13;  Rev.  21:1-22:7. 

The  sole  aim  of  this  organization  is,  as  has 
been  from  its  beginning,  to  hold  and  propagate 
these  doctrines. 


CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  MISSIONARY 
CHURCH  ASSOCIATION. 


ARTICLE  I— Name. 

This  organization  shall  be  known  as  the  Mis¬ 
sionary  Church  Association;  and  shall  be  com¬ 
posed  of  all  Missionary  Churches. 


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ARTICLE  II— Object. 

The  object  of  this  organization  shall  be  to 
combine  the  Missionary  churches  into  a  broth¬ 
erly  co-operation  for  the  purpose  of  the  worship 
of  God,  the  edification  of  believers,  and  the 
more  effective  propagation  of  the  Gospel  at 
home  and  abroad. 

ARTICLE  III — Membership. 

Section  1.  A  Missionary  Church,  in  the 
meaning  of  this  constitution,  shall  be  a  church 
which,  having  adopted  as  its  constitution  the 
Constitution  of  the  Missionary  Church,  hereto 
subjoined,  shall  be  approved  for  membership 
by  the  General  Committee  and  the  General 
Conference. 

Sec.  2.  Any  local  church  which  fails  to  live 
up  to  the  spirit  of  these  Constitutions,  or 
which  for  other  good  and  sufficient  reasons 
may  be  deemed  to  disturb  the  fellowship  of 
this  Association,  shall  be  admonished  by  the 
President,  the  District  Superintendent,  or  by 
some  other  worker  appointed  for  the  purpose 
by  the  General  Committee;  and  if  it  fails  to 
comply  with  the  demands  laid  before  it,  it  may, 
after  full  investigation  of  all  charges,  be  rec¬ 
ommended  for  dismissal  by  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee;  after  which  it  may  be  dropped  from 
membership  in  the  Association  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  the  General  Conference. 

Sec.  3.  Any  body  of  people  served  by  a 
worker  under  the  direction  of  the  Association 
and  yet  not  fully  recognized  as  a  local  church 
according  to  the  provisions  of  Sec.  1  of  this 
article,  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  dis¬ 
trict  organization  in  which  the  body  is  located, 
or  if  in  unorganized  territory,  under  that  of  the 
General  Committee. 

ARTICLE  IV— Officers. 

Section  1.  The  officers  shall  consist  of  pres¬ 
ident,  vice-president,  secretary,  assistant  secre¬ 
tary,  and  treasurer,  elected  annually  by  the 
General  Conference. 


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Sec.  2.  The  President  shall  call  the  meetings 
of  the  General  Committee;  preside  at  all  busi¬ 
ness  meetings  of  the  General  Conference  and  of 
the  General  Committee;  submit  an  annual  re¬ 
port  to  the  General  Conference  of  the  condition 
of  the  work  of  the  Association,  and  offer  recom¬ 
mendations  for  its  general  benefit;  issue  all 
orders  on  the  treasury  as  authorized  by  the 
General  Committee;  appoint  special  committees 
on  investigation,  representation,  etc.,  at  the  re¬ 
quest  of  the  General  Conference,  or  the  General 
Committee,  and,  in  emergencies,  on  his  own 
authority,  unless  otherwise  provided  for  by 
this  constitution;  visit  local  churches  of  the 
Association  as  need  may  demand  or  oppor¬ 
tunity  permit,  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging 
co-operation  between  the  churches,  and  for 
general  helpfulness;  plan  for,  and  assist  in, 
the  arrangement  of  conventions;  exercise 
watchfulness  over  the  work  of  the  Association; 
and  counsel  with,  and  make  recommendations 
to,  the  officers  of  our  institutions,  district 
superintendents,  evangelists,  pastors,  and 
other  workers  of  the  Association. 

Sec.  3.  The  Vice-president  shall  perform  all 
the  duties  of  the  President  in  the  absence  of 
the  latter,  or  when  they  are  delegated  to  him 
by  the  President. 

Sec.  4.  The  Secretary  shall  notify  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  General  Committee  regarding  the 
time  and  place  of  its  sessions;  keep  a  record 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  General  Conference, 
and  the  General  Committee;  prepare  for 
printing  such  notices,  announcements,  minutes, 
etc.,  as  are  recommended  for  publication  by 
the  General  Conference,  or  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee;  receive  and  transmit  to  the  General 
Conference  or  to  the  General  Committee  such 
matters  of  business  as  workers  and  churches 
may  wish  to  submit  to  these  bodies;  communi¬ 
cate  all  resolutions,  etc.,  of  the  Conference  and 
the  Committee  to  all  concerned,  unless  other¬ 
wise  instructed  by  those  bodies;  and  issue  all 
certificates  of  appointment  and  certificates  of 


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ordination,  as  instructed  by  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee. 

Sec.  5.  The  Assistant  Secretary  shall  do  all 
the  work  of  the  Secretary  in  the  absence  of  the 
latter,  and  shall  render  assistance  whenever 
requested  by  the  secretary. 

Sec.  6.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all 
monies  intended  for  the  work  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion,  except  as  provided  for  otherwise;  keep 
account  of,  and  hold  in  trust  all  funds  of  the 
general  treasury;  issue  receipts  for  all  monies 
received;  disburse  all  funds  as  directed  by  the 
General  Committee;  give  a  semi-annual  report 
of  the  state  of  the  treasury  through  our  period¬ 
icals,  and  a  properly  audited  annual  report  at 
the  General  Conference. 

ARTICLE  V — General  Committee. 

Section  1.  The  officers  of  the  Association, 
and  five  additional  persons  annually  elected  by 
the  General  Conference,  shall  constitute  the 
General  Committee. 

Sec.  2.  The  Committee  shall  meet  at  least 
semi-annually  at  the  call  of  the  President,  or 
of  any  five  of  its  members,  for  the  transaction 
of  its  regular  and  special  business. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee 
to  have  charge  of  the  general  work  of  the  As¬ 
sociation;  to  act  as  the  committee  on  finance; 
to  vote  all  appropriations  of  money  for  the 
maintenance  and  extension  of  the  work;  to 
appoint  the  auditors  for  the  books  of  all  treas¬ 
urers  receiving  appointment  from  the  Associa¬ 
tion;  to  recommend  candidates  for  ordination, 
and  when  necessary  to  arrange  for  their  or¬ 
dination;  to  authorize  unordained  workers  to 
preside  at  the  observance  of  the  Lord’s  Sup¬ 
per  and  to  baptize,  this,  however,  only  when  an 
ordained  worker  is  not  available;  to  examine 
applicants  for  the  mission  field,  or  to  appoint 
the  examining  committee;  to  pass  upon  all 
applications  for  the  foreign  field,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  General  Conference;  to  exercise 
prayerful  oversight  over  the  missionaries  on 
the  field  and  on  furlough;  to  co-operate  with 


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churches,  workers  and  district  superintendents 
in  placing  and  changing  workers;  to  provide 
for  the  founding  and  conducting  of  city  mis¬ 
sions,  as  the  way  may  be  opened;  to  have 
charge  of  the  discipline  of  Association  workers, 
in  co-operation  with  the  local  church  and  the 
district  superintendent;  to  plan  and  arrange  for 
the  time  and  place  of  the  annual  General  Con¬ 
ference;  to  appoint  the  Committee  on  Creden¬ 
tials  for  the  General  Conference;  to  assist  in 
the  arrangement  of  the  District  Conventions; 
to  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  dele¬ 
gated  to  them  by  the  General  Conference;  and 
to  take  action  on  emergencies,  such  action, 
however,  to  be  subject  to  final  ratification  by 
the  General  Conference. 

Sec.  4.  Regular  committee  business  arising 
between  sessions,  and  not  of  sufficient  volume 
or  importance  to  warrant  calling  a  special  ses¬ 
sion,  may  be  dealt  with  by  the  President  by  cor¬ 
respondence  with  the  other  members  of  the 
Committee.  In  cases  of  emergencies,  money 
may  be  appropriated  by  him  with  the  consent 
of  not  less  than  two  other  members;  where 
time  will  permit,  however,  he  shall  consult  with 
all  members,  and  the  consent  of  the  majority 
shall  be  necessary  to  any  action.  All  actions 
thus  taken  shall  be  reported  to  the  next  ses¬ 
sion  of  the  Committee;  and  shall,  when  ap¬ 
proved,  be  regularly  entered  in  the  minutes.  In 
addition  to  such  apropriations,  heretofore  men¬ 
tioned,  the  General  Committee  shall  regularly 
place  at  the  personal  order  of  the  President,  a 
sum  of  money  sufficient  to  meet  current  ex¬ 
penses,  which  sum  the  President  shall  be  free 
to  disburse  without  consultation;  but  he  shall 
regularly  submit  an  itemized  account  of  such 
expenditures  to  the  Committee. 

Sec.  5.  Six  members  of  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  trans¬ 
action  of  business. 

ARTICLE  VI — General  Conference. 

Section  1.  The  Association  shall  hold  an¬ 
nually  a  General  Conference  at  such  time  and 


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place  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  General 
Committee. 

Sec.  2.  The  Conference  shall  be  composed 
of  all  officers  of  the  Association  and  all  other 
members  of  the  General  Committee;  ’  all  or¬ 
dained  and  appointed  workers  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion;  and  all  duly  appointed  delegates  from  the 
various  churches. 

Sec.  3.  Each  church  shall  be  entitled  to  rep¬ 
resentation  in  the  General  Conference  by  its 
worker  in  charge  and  by  one  additional  delegate 
for  every  fifty  members  or  fraction  thereof. 
Each  church  shall  have  the  privilege  of  ex¬ 
pressing  to  its  delegates  its  wishes  concerning 
all  matters  in  which  it  is  to  be  represented  at 
the  General  Conference.  Bodies  defined  in  Art. 
Ill,  Sec.  3,  shall  be  entitled  to  representation 
only  by  the  worker  in  charge. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  annual  duty  of  the 
General  Conference  to  elect  the  officers  of  the 
Association  and  the  other  members  of  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee;  as  many  advisory  members  of 
the  General  Committee  as  the  Conference  may 
deem  necessary;  to  designate  the  territory  of 
the  districts  of  the  Association  in  those  sections 
in  which  a  district  organization  is  deemed  ad¬ 
visable;  to  appoint  the  District  Superintend¬ 
ents,  and  the  Evangelists;  the  Boards  of  all  in¬ 
stitutions  of  the  Association;  the  Association 
trustees;  the  Editors  of  our  periodicals,  the 
Publishing  Agent,  and  the  other  members  of  the 
Publishing  Committee,  and  all  other  workers 
of  the  Association  whose  appointment  is  not 
provided  for  elsewhere;  and  to  designate  the 
chairmen  of  institutional  boards  and  of  the 
Publishing  Committee. 

Sec.  5.  The  officers  of  the  Association  and 
the  other  members  of  the  General  Committee 
shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  without  nominations, 
a  majority  of  all  votes  cast  being  necessary  to 
elect.  Should  the  first  ballot  fail  to  elect,  the 
vote  on  succeeding  ballots  shall  be  restricted 
to  candidates  who  have  polled  not  less  than  ten 
per  cent  of  the  total  vote  on  the  preceding  bal¬ 
lot;  and  the  balloting  shall  continue  until  one 


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candidate  has  received  a  majority  of  all  votes 
cast  on  the  last  ballot. 

Sec.  6.  The  General  Conference  shall  also 
receive  and  act  upon  all  reports  of  the  Asso¬ 
ciation  secretaries  and  treasurers;  have  the 
right  to  advise  the  General  Committee  regard¬ 
ing  any  allowances  granted  by  the  latter;  free¬ 
ly  discuss,  defend  and  enforce  any  and  all  the 
doctrines  of  the  Word  of  God;  advocate  and 
emphasize  the  deeper  and  practical  Christian 
life;  discuss  and  suggest  the  best  methods  of 
Christian  work;  and  transact  all  business  not 
otherwise  provided  for  by  the  Constitution. 

Sec.  7.  One-half  of  the  members  accredited 
to  any  General  Conference  by  its  committee 
on  credentials  shall  constitute  a  quorum  for 
the  transaction  of  business. 

ARTICLE  VII — Districts  and  District  Superin¬ 
tendents. 

Section  1.  Each  district  shall  be  under  the 
direction  of  a  district  superintendent  appointed 
by  the  General  Conference.  He  shall  be  an 
ordained  worker,  and  shall,  as  far  as  practic¬ 
able,  be  chosen  from  among  the  workers  resi¬ 
dent  on  the  district. 

Sec.  2.  Each  district  shall  hold  a  district 
Workers  Conference  at  least  once  a  year,  which 
conference  shall  be  composed  of  all  the  work¬ 
ers  located  on  the  district;  and  which  shall 
have  the  right  to  make  by-laws  for  its  govern¬ 
ment,  provided  such  by-laws  do  not  conflict 
with  this  constitution,  to  make  recommenda¬ 
tions  to  the  General  Committee  and  to  the 
General  Conference,  especially  concerning  per¬ 
sons  whom  they  deem  suitable  for  the  district 
superintendency;  and  to  adopt  measures  for 
the  maintenance  and  extension  of  the  work  on 
the  district  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee  or  the  General  Conference. 

Sec-  3.  Each  district  shall  hold  an  annual 
District  Convention;  arrangements  for  which 
shall  be  made  by  the  Workers  Conference  of 
the  district,  or  by  the  District  Superintendent 
assisted  by  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Con- 


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ference;  such  arrangements  to  be  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  General  Committee.  Two 
or  more  districts  may  combine  their  conven¬ 
tions  when  permitted  by  the  General  Committee. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  District 
Superintendent  to  organize  the  work  of  his  dis¬ 
trict;  to  plan,  arrange  for,  and  call  the  district 
workers’  conference;  to  preside  at  all  workers’ 
meetings  of  his  district;  to  plan  and  arrange 
for  local  conventions,  and  for  the  opening  of 
new  places  in  his  district;  and  to  co-operate 
with  the  General  Committee  in  placing  and 
changing  workers;  to  appoint,  and  act  as  chair¬ 
man  of,  the  examining  committee  of  candi¬ 
dates  for  ordination;  and  to  arrange  for  the 
ordination  of  such  workers  of  his  district  as 
are  recommended  for  ordination  by  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee. 

ARTICLE  VIII— Workers. 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  either  receive  or 
hold  regular  appointment  as  a  worker  of  the 
Association,  unless  he  is  a  member  of  some 
local  Missionary  church. 

Sec.  2.  Persons  who  desire  to  work  under 
the  direction  of  the  Association  shall  make  ap¬ 
plication  to  the  District  Superintendent,  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Association,  or  to  some  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  General  Committee,  who,  in  turn, 
shall  present  the  application  to  the  General 
Committee. 

Sec.  3.  Any  one  having  a  call  to  enter  Chris¬ 
tian  work,  at  home  or  abroad,  and  desiring  to 
work  under  the  direction  of  the  Association, 
shall  submit  at  least  two  recommendations 
with  his  application,  one  of  which  shall  be  from 
his  home  church  or  pastor. 

Sec.  4.  A  person  not  yet  ordained  but  who 
has  been  accepted  by  the  General  Committee 
for  work  under  the  Association,  may  be  granted 
a  certificate  of  appointment  as  an  official 
worker  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  one  year; 
which  certificate  of  appointment  may  be  re¬ 
newed  from  year  to  year  at  the  discretion  of 
the  Committee;  but  he  must  work  under  the 


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supervision  of  the  Committee  and  of  the  proper 
District  Superintendent  until  deemed  approved 
by  them  before  he  may  be  ordained. 

Sec.  5.  Unordained  workers  shall  not  pre¬ 
side  at  the  observance  of  the  Ordinances,  but 
shall  call  on  the  District  Superintendent,  or, 
if  not  in  an  organized  district,  on  the  General 
Committee,  to  make  provision  therefor;  un¬ 
less  the  unordained  worker  has  been  specially 
authorized  by  the  General  Committee  to  pre¬ 
side  at  the  same.  Under  no  circumstances, 
however,  shall  an  unordained  worker  officiate 
at  a  marriage  ceremony. 

Sec.  6.  All  candidates  for  ordination  shall 
be  carefully  examined  by  a  properly  appointed 
committee  as  to  their  qualifications,  according 
to  1  Tim.  3  and  other  Scriptures,  the  supreme 
qualification  for  the  work  of  the  ministry  al¬ 
ways  being  the  enduement  with  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Sec.  7.  The  examining  committee  for  ordi¬ 
nation  shall  be  under  the  direction  of  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee,  and  shall  be  composed  of  the 
proper  District  Superintendent  and  such  other 
persons  as  he  may  appoint. 

Sec.  8.  The  ordination  of  workers  not  con¬ 
nected  with  any  regular  district  shall  be  under 
the  supervision  of  the  General  Committee. 

Sec.  9.  An  ordained  worker  coming  to  us 
from  another  denomination  shall  labor  under 
the  same  rules  that  apply  to  appointed  work¬ 
ers,  and  when  deemed  approved  by  the  General 
Committee,  they  shall  then  recognize  his  pre¬ 
vious  ordination  or  advise  his  reordination. 

Sec.  10.  Should  any  appointed  or  ordained 
worker  fail  to  maintain  a  consistent  Christian 
life  and  practice,  and  to  abide  in  the  doctrines 
of  the  Word  of  God  as  set  forth  in  this  con¬ 
stitution,  the  same  shall  be  asked  by  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee  or  the  District  Superintendent 
to  surrender  his  certificate,  which  shall  be  re¬ 
turned  to  the  secretary  of  the  Association. 

Sec.  11.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  evangel¬ 
ists  to  assist  our  pastors  in  evangelistic  meet¬ 
ings  as  per  mutual  arrangement;  in  co-opera¬ 
tion  with  the  proper  District  Superintendent 


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to  open  such  new  fields  as  they  may  be  able;  to 
enter  such  open  doors  outside  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion  as  their  time  may  permit;  to  assist  the 
District  Superintendents  in  the  arrangement 
for  local  conventions  and  convention  parties; 
and  to  make  such  reports  and  recommendations 
to  the  General  Conference  as  they  may  deem 
expedient. 

ARTICLE  IX — Missionaries. 

Section  1.  No  applicants  shall  be  accepted 
as  missionaries  who' are  not  members  of  some 
Missionary  church. 

Sec.  2.  All  applications  to  enter  missionary 
work  at  home  or  abroad  shall  be  made  accord¬ 
ing  to  Art.  VIII.,  Sec.  2. 

Sec.  3.  All  applicants  for  the  mission  field 
shall  he  carefully  examined  by  an  examining 
committee,  consisting  of  the  General  Commit¬ 
tee  or  of  a  committee  properly  appointed  by 
them. 

Sec.  4.  Accepted  candidates  for  mission 
work  or  missionaries  on  furlough  may  not  be 
sent  out  unless  provision  has  been  made  for 
their  adequate  support,  either  by  pledges  from 
organizations  or  individuals,  or  by  financial  con¬ 
ditions  warranting  the  General  Committee  in 
assuming  their  support.  The  General  Commit¬ 
tee  may  also  use  its  judgment  in  refusing  to 
send  out  missionaries  when  political  or  other 
conditions  render  their  going  unsafe  or  inad¬ 
visable. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mission¬ 
aries  on  the  field  to  exemplify  and  propagate 
the  doctrines  of  the  Word  of  God;  to  furnish 
the  editors  of  our  papers  with  a  semi-annual 
report  of  their  work;  and  to  supply  the  General 
Committee  with  an  annual  statement  of  the 
monies  received  through  regular  sources,  for 
support,  during  the  previous  year. 

Sec.  6.  Missionaries  on  the  field  and  on  fur¬ 
lough,  sent  out  and  supported  by  the  Associa¬ 
tion,  shall  be  under  the  oversight  of  the  General 
Committee,  whether  working  directly  under  the 


♦ 


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Association,  or  sent  out  in  conjunction  with 
other  Societies. 

Sec.  7.  The  ordination  of  missionaries  shall 
be  under  the  same  regulations  as  that  of  the 
ordination  of  workers  in  unorganized  districts. 
Ordained  missionaries  have  the  same  duties 
and  privileges  as  ordained  workers  in  the  home 
field.  Lady  missionaries  may  be  set  apart  by 
a  consecration  service;  and  all  lady  mission¬ 
aries,  while  under  the  direction  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion,  shall  have  the  same  standing  as  unor¬ 
dained  workers. 

ARTICLE  X— Institutions. 

Section  1.  Each  institution  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion  shall  be  governed  by  a  board' of  not  less 
than  five  members,  to  be  elected  annually  by 
the  General  Conference,  and  of  whom  at  least 
two-thirds  shall  be  members  of  Missionary 
churches. 

Sec.  2.  The  Bible  Training  School  Board 
shall  be  composed  of  not  less  than  seven  mem¬ 
bers. 

Sec.  3.  The  Bible  Training  School  Board 
shall  appoint  the  officers  and  the  teachers  of 
the  Bible  Training  School,  or  as  many  of  them 
as  possible,  for  the  following  year,  at  its  spring 
session;  the  officers  to  begin  their  services  at 
the  close  of  the  current  school  year. 

Sec.  4.  The  members  of  each  Board 
shall  elect  annually  from  their  number  a  secre¬ 
tary  and  such  other  officers  of  the  Board  as  are 
needed  for  the  furtherance  of  the  work. 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Board 
to  meet  at  least  annually,  at  the  call  of  the 
Chairman  or  any  three  members  of  the  Board; 
to  engage,  as  far  as  possible,  such  help  as  may 
be  needed  to  carry  on  the  work  of  the  insti¬ 
tution;  to  prepare  such  rules  and  regulations 
as  are  necessary  for  the  continuation  of  the 
work  of  the  institution;  to  remove  any  work¬ 
ers  from  their  positions  who  should  in  any  way 
be  found  unqualified  for  their  work;  and  to 
prepare  and  present  an  annual  report  of  the 


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work  of  the  institution  to  the  General  Confer¬ 
ence. 

Sec.  6.  The  Chairman  shall  call  the  meet¬ 
ings  of  the  Board  and  preside  at  the  same. 

Sec.  7.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of 
the  business  proceedings  of  the  Board,  con¬ 
duct  its  correspondence,  and  perform  such 
other  duties  as  the  Board  may  require. 

ARTICLE  XI — Departmental  Work. 

Section  *1.  The  general  interests  of  the  Sun¬ 
day-school  work  in  the  Association  khall  be 
under  the  oversight  of  an  Association  Sunday- 
school  superintendent,  elected  annually  by  the 
General  Conference. 

Sec.  2.  The  Association  Sunday-school  Su¬ 
perintendent  shall  seek  to  develop  the  general 
efficiency  of  the  Sunday-school  work  of  the 
Association;  encourage  the  holding  of  Sun¬ 
day-school  conventions,  both  local  and  district; 
criticize  and  recommend  existing  Sunday- 
school  literature,  and  assist  in  the  preparation 
of  our  own;  contribute  articles  on  Sunday- 
school  work  to  our  periodicals;  give  addresses 
on  Sunday-school  themes  at  our  District  Con¬ 
ventions;  and  make  such  recommendations  re¬ 
garding  Sunday-school  interests  at  our  con¬ 
ventions  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

Sec.  3.  The  interests  of  the  Young  People’s 
Work  of  the  Association  shall  be  under  the 
oversight  of  a  Superintendent,  who  shall  be 
elected  annually  by  the  General  Conference. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Super¬ 
intendent  of  the  young  people’s  work  to  have 
charge  of  the  young  people’s  meetings  at  our 
annual  District  Conventions;  to  maintain  a  de¬ 
partment  in  the  English  organ  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion;  and  if  possible  to  provide  for  a  uniform 
series  of  programs  of  our  own,  for  our  young 
people’s  societies. 

Sec.  5.  The  children’s  work  of  the  Asso¬ 
ciation  shall  be  under  the  oversight  of  a  super¬ 
intendent,  elected  annually  by  the  General 
Conference. 


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Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  the  children’s  work  to  have  charge 
of  the  children’s  meetings  at  our  annual  Dis¬ 
trict  Conventions;  to  maintain  a  department  in 
the  English  organ  of  the  Association;  to  supply 
the  children  with  receptacles  for  their  mis¬ 
sionary  monies;  to  make  recommendations  to 
the  General  Committee  as  to  the  disbursement 
of  the  children’s  missionary  monies;  and  to 
give  an  annual  report  of  the  work  at  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Conference,  and  through  our  periodicals. 

ARTICLE  XII — Publishing  Committee. 

Section  1.  The  publishing  interests  of  the 
Association  shall  be  committed  to  the  care  of  a 
publishing  committee,  consisting  of  the  Editors 
of  our  papers,  the  Publishing  Agent,  and  two 
other  persons  elected  annually  by  the  General 
Conference. 

Sec.  2.  The  Publishing  Committee  shall  meet 
as  soon  as  convenient  after  their  election  and 
choose  from  their  number  a  secretary  and  such 
other  officers  as  their  work  may  require. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pub¬ 
lishing  Committee  to  meet  annually,  or  oftener 
if  necessary;  to  contract  for  the  publication 
of  our  periodicals  and  other  literature;  to  en¬ 
gage  and  remunerate  colporteurs  and  agents, 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee;  to  solicit  subscribers,  to  collect  sub¬ 
scription  monies  and  sell  our  literature;  and 
to  direct  the  Publishing  Agent  in  his  work,  and 
to  co-operate  with  him  in  the  same,  for  the 
maintenance  and  extension  of  our  publishing 
interests. 

Sec.  4.  The  Chairman  of  the  Publishing  Com¬ 
mittee  shall  call  the  meetings  of  this  body  and 
preside  at  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of 
the  minutes  of  the  meetings  of  the  Publishing 
Committee,  and  conduct  the  correspondence  of 
the  same. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Editors  ' 
to  provide  the  publisher  with  the  material  that 
shall  go  into  each  issue  of  our  periodicals;  to 


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receive  all  contributions  to  our  papers  and  to 
reject  such  as  they  do  not  deem  suitable;  to 
receive  and  grant  exchange  of  papers  with 
other  publications;  and  to  make  recommenda¬ 
tions  to  the  Publishing  Agent  concerning  the 
printing  and  form  of  our  papers,  and  to  co¬ 
operate  with  him  in  the  circulation  of  the  same. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Publish¬ 
ing  Agent  to  require  the  regular  and  prompt 
printing  and  circulation  of  our  periodicals;  to 
keep  and  revise  the  mailing  lists;  to  receive 
all  subscription  monies  and  to  receipt  for  the 
same;  to  keep  a  careful  account  of  all  monies 
received  and’  disbursed;  to  pay  all  bills  for  the 
publication  of  our  periodicals  and  for  all  other 
literature  handled  by  the  Publishing  Commit¬ 
tee;  to  solicit  and  arrange  for  all  advertise¬ 
ments  in  our  papers,  in  co-operation  with  the 
Editors  of  the  same;  to  present  to  the  Pub¬ 
lishing  Committee  and  to  the  General  Com¬ 
mittee  a  semi-annual  financial  statement  of  the 
publishing  work,  and  an  annual  report  of  the 
same  to  the  General  Conference;  and  to  make 
such  other  recommendations  regarding  the  pub¬ 
lishing  work  to  the  bodies  named  in  this  section 
as  he  may  deem  necessary;  and  to  do  all  he 
can  to  increase  our  subscription  lists  and  to 
extend  our  publishing  interests  in  general. 

ARTICLE  XIII— Trustees. 

Section  1.  All  Association  property  shall  be 
held  in  trust  by  a  board  of  trustees,  subject 
to  the  laws  of  the  various  states  in  which  the 
property  is  located. 

Sec.  2.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  consist 
of  at  least  five  members  properly  elected  by  the 
General  Conference  for  a  term  of  five  years, 
the  term  of  at  least  one  member  to  expire 
with  each  succeeding  year. 

Sec.  3.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  meet 
annually  or  oftener  and  shall  elect  from  their 
number  a  chairman,  a  secretary  and  a  treasurer, 
for  a  term  of  one  year,  and  for  the  transaction 
of  other  business. 


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Sec.4.  It  shall  be  the  further  duty  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  to  keep  the  properties  m 
general  repair;  to  negotiate  such  loans  as  t  e 
Conference  may  instruct  them  to  contract, 
to  keep  the  properties  insured,  when  made 
necessary  by  loans  or  when  so  ordered  by  e 
General  Conference;  to  receive  and  hold  all 
funds  and  securities  affecting  the  properties  of 
the  Association;  to  pay  all  interests  and  other 
bills  affecting  the  properties  held  m  trust  by 
them;  to  issue  requisition  on  the  general  treas¬ 
ury  for  such  funds  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry 
out  above  instructions;  to  make  an  annual  re¬ 
port  to  the  General  Conference  regarding  the 
condition  of  the  properties;  to  make  such  rec¬ 
ommendations  regarding  the  properties  to  the 
General  Committee  and  the  General  Conference 
as  they  may  deem  necessary;  and  to  carry  into 
effect  such  other  resolutions  concerning  their 
duties  as  may  be  decided  upon  by  the  General 

Pfkri  fprpri  pp 

Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chair¬ 
man  to  call  the  meetings  of  the  Board  and  to 
preside  at  the  same;  however,  any  three  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Board  may  also  call  a  meeting  ot 
the  same  whenever  deemed  necessary  by  them. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary 
to  keep  a  record  of  the  minutes  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees;  to  conduct  its  correspondence;  and 
to  prepare  such  reports  as  may  be  intended  for 

publmatiom  t  ^aU  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer 

to  receive  and  hold  in  trust  all  funds  and  se¬ 
curities  affecting  the  property  of  the  Associa¬ 
tion;  to  receipt  all  monies  received;  to  dis¬ 
burse  all  funds  as  directed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  or  the  General  Conference;  to  keep 
a  careful  account  of  all  monies  received  and 
disbursed;  and  to  present  to  the  General  Con¬ 
ference  a  properly  audited  annual  report  of  the 
treasury  of  the  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  XIV — Amendments- 

This  Constitution  may  be  amended  at  any 
time  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  General  Con- 

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ference,  provided  that  notice  of  the  intention 
to  amend  shall  have  been  given  to  all  churches 
and  workers  in  the  Association  at  least  four 
months  prior  to  the  date  set  for  the  General 
Conference. 


CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  MISSIONARY 

CHURCH. 


ARTICLE  I— Name. 

This  organization  shall  be  known  as  The 

Missionary  Church  of . .  or, 

The . Missionary  Church. 

ARTICLE  II— Object. 

The  object  of  this  church  shall  be  the  main¬ 
tenance  of  the  public  worship  of  Almighty  God, 
the  salvation  of  souls,  the  edification  of  be¬ 
lievers,  and  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in 
the  world,  according  to  the  Bible,  the  inspired 
Word  of  God. 

ARTICLE  III— Officers. 

Section  1.  The  officers  shall  consist  of  pas¬ 
tors,  elders,  or  bishops,  and  deacons  and  deacon- 
nesses,  divinely  called  and  appointed  by  the 
church,  Eph.  4:11,  12;  Tit.  1:5-9;  1  Tim.  3:8-12; 
Rom.  16:1,  2,  R.  V.  marg. 

Sec.  2.  The  Pastor  shall  be  chosen  from 
among  persons  approved  for  work  by  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee;  and  his  term  of  service  shall 
be  a  matter  of  mutual  agreement  between  him 
and  his  church.  If  the  church  desire,  they  may 
request  the  General  Committee  to  assist  them 
in  the  selection  of  a  pastor. 

Sec.  3.  Deacons  shall  be  chosen  from  among 
the  members  of  the  church  which  they  are  to 
serve;  and  shall  be  appointed  annually  by  the 
church  until  deemed  approved  by  it,  after  which 
they  may  be  ordained  to  the  permanent  office 
of  a  deacon,  1  Tim.  3:8-13;  Acts  6:5,  6. 

Sec.  4.  Deaconesses  shall  be  annually  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  church  from  among  its  mem¬ 
bership. 


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Sec.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pastor 
(Elder  or  Bishop)  to  show  himself  approved 
unto  God  and  to  preach  the  Word  of  God;  to  be 
an  example  to  the  flock  entrusted  to  his  care 
and  to  exercise  prayerful  oversight  over  the 
same;  and  to  live  in  separation  from  the  world 
and  to  labor  for  the  salvation  of  the  lost. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Deacons 
to  assist  the  Pastor  in  the  spiritual  work  of  the 
church  and  to  have  charge  of  the  temporal 
needs  of  the  congregation. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Deacon¬ 
esses  to  work  under  the  direction  of  the  Pastor 
or  of  such  other  persons  under  whom  they  may 
receive  appointment;  to  visit  the  sick  and  to 
minister  to  the  poor  and  needy  ;  to  seek  to  win 
the  lost  to  Christ;  and  to  devote  themselves  to 
such  other  forms  of  Christian  service  as  may 
be  suitable  to  their  abilities. 

ARTICLE  IV— Church  Council. 

Section  1.  The  Pastor  (Elder  or  Bishop),  the 
Deacons  and  the  Deaconesses  shall  constitute 
the  Church  Council;  however,  if  the  church  so 
desires  it  may  enlarge  this  body  by  electing 
additional  members. 

Sec.  2.  The  Pastor  shall  act  as  chairman  of 
the  Council;  and  a  secretary  and  a  treasurer 
shall  be  chosen  either  by  the  Council  or  by  the 
church. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Church 
Council  to  arrange  for  all  regular  and  special 
meetings  of  the  church,  engaging  the  neces¬ 
sary  help  for  the  same;  to  have  charge  of  all 
discipline  in  co-operation  with  the  church;  to 
make  such  reports  and  recommendations  as 
may  be  necessary,  respecting  the  support  of 
the  Pastor  and  the  allowances  of  such  helpers 
as  may  have  been  engaged  by  them  (1  Cor.  9:7- 
11;  Gal-  6:6;  1  Tim.  5:18);  to  constitute  an 
examining  committee  of  applicants  for  bap¬ 
tism  and  church  membership;  and  to  make 
such  other  recommendations  to  the  church  as 
affect  its  general  welfare. 

Sec.  4.  A  church  served  by  an  unordained 


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worker  may  through  its  council  make  applica¬ 
tion  to  the  District  Superintendent  or  the  Gen¬ 
eral  Committee  for  the  ordination  of  such  pas¬ 
tor,  whenever  he  may  be  deemed  approved  by 
the  church. 

ARTICLE  V — Membership. 

Section  1.  Personal  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  with  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  regen¬ 
eration  of  the  individual,  followed  by  water 
baptism,  shall  be  a  necessary  qualification  for 
membership.  Persons  having  been  sprinkled 
or  poured,  subsequent  to  regeneration,  may 
hold  membership  with  us  providing  they  are 
willing  to  follow  in  immersion  as  the  Lord 
gives  them  light. 

Sec.  2.  Persons  belonging  to  any  secret  so¬ 
ciety  cannot  hold  membership  in  the  church, 
Jno.  18:20;  2  Cor.  6:14-18. 

Sec.  3.  We  regard  the  taking  of  oaths  as 
unscriptural  and  therefore  insist  that  our  mem¬ 
bers  affirm  instead,  and  also  since  the  law  has 
made  provision  for  affirmation,  Mat.  5:34-37; 
Jas.  5:12. 

Sec.  4.  The  taking  up  of  arms  in  war  and 
self-defense  is  contrary  to  the  teaching  of 
the  New  Testament,  and  we  therefore  refrain 
from  so  doing,  Mat.  26:52;  Mk.  10:19;  2  Cor. 
10:4. 

ARTICLE  VI — Duties  of  Members. 

(To  be  read  in  connection  with  the  recep¬ 
tion  of  new  members.)  _ 

It  is  the  duty  of  the  members  of  the  church, 
as  strangers  and  pilgrims  to  abstain  from 
fleshly  lusts,  which  war  against  the  soul  (I  Pet. 
2:11);  to  put  away  from  them  all  bitterness, 
and  wrath,  and  anger,  and  clamor,  and  evil 
speaking,  and  be  kind  one  to  another,  tender¬ 
hearted,  forgiving  one  another  even  as  God  for 
Christ’s  sake  hath  forgiven  them  (Eph.  4:31, 
32) ;  as  they  have  opportunity,  to  do  good  unto 
all  men,  especially  unto  them  who  are  of  the 
household  of  faith  (Gal.  6:10);  to  remember 
them  that  have  the  rule  over  them  who  speak 


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unto  them  the  Word  of  God  (Heb.  13:7);  not 
to  forsake  the  assembling  of  themselves  to¬ 
gether  (Heb.  10:25);  and  to  give  as  God  has 
prospered  them  (1  Cor.  16:2),  not  grudgingly, 
or  of  necessity;  for  God  loveth  a  cheerful 
giver  (2  Cor.  9:7). 

ARTICLE  VII— Discipline. 

The  church  is  governed  by  the  following 
scriptures  in  the  discipline  of  offending  mem- 
|)erg  • 

1.  Self-discipline,  Mat.  5:23-26;  1  Cor.  11:31. 

2.  Trespass  against  a  brother,  Mat.  18:15-17. 

3.  Disorderly  persons,  2  Thess.  3:6,  7,  11-14. 

4.  Factious  persons  and  heretics,  Rom. 
16:17,  18;  Tit.  3:10,  11. 

5.  Those  seeking  divorce,  Mat.  19:3-9. 

6.  Wicked  persons,  1  Cor.  5:9-13. 

7.  One  overtaken  in  a  fault.  Gal.  6:1. 

8.  Offending  elders,  1  Tim.  5:19,  20. 

Members  absenting  themselves  from  the  ser¬ 
vices  of  the  church,  for  a  period  of  six  months, 
without  a  good  reason,  and  after  due  admoni¬ 
tion  by  the  church  or  the  pastor,  may  be 
dropped  from  church  membership. 

ARTICLE  VIII — Ordinances. 

Section  1.  We  teach  and  practice  baptism 
by  immersion  only,  on  the  satisfactory  evidence 
of  the  regeneration  of  the  applicant. 

Sec.  2.  Infants  will  not  be  received  for  bap¬ 
tism,  but  will  be  publicly  dedicated  to  the  Lord, 
if  desired  by  the  parents. 

Sec.  3.  The  Lord’s  Supper  shall  be  observed 
frequently,  and  we  encourage  the  observance 
of  feet-washing  (John  13:3-15). 

ARTICLE  IX— Marriage. 

Section  1.  Holy  Matrimony  is  an  institution 
ordained  of  God,  and  therefore  to  be  guarded 
as  sacred,  both  civil  and  religious. 

Sec.  2.  We  deem  it  unscriptural  for  be¬ 
lievers  to  unite  with  unbelievers  in  the  bonds 
of  matrimony,  and  find  it  necessary  as  minis¬ 
ters  and  churches  to  use  our  influence  against 


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it.  Ministers  of  our  churches  shall  not  officiate 
in  such  cases. 

Sec.  3.  Our  ministers  may  officiate  where 
both  parties  are  Christians;  where  both  parties 
are  not  Christians  it  is  left  to  the  careful  dis¬ 
cretion  of  the  minister  who  is  asked  to  officiate. 

ARTICLE  X — Auxiliary  Societies. 

The  Sunday-school,  the  Young  People’s  So¬ 
ciety,  the  Ladies’  Aid  Society,  and  other  sim¬ 
ilar  societies  shall  he  auxiliary  societies  of  the 
church,  the  work  to  be  done  by  them  and  the 
manner  of  the  election  of  their  officers  to  be 
regulated  by  the  By-Laws  of  the  local  church. 

ARTICLE  XI— Trustees. 

Section  1.  The  church  property  shall  be 
held  by  a  board  of  trustees  properly  elected 
by  the  church,  according  to  the  laws  of  the 
state  wherein  the  property  is  located. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Trustees 
to  meet  at  least  annually  for  the  transaction 
of  business;  to  organize  themselves  by  elec- 
ing  from  their  number  a  chairman,  a  secre¬ 
tary  and  a  treasurer;  to  have  the  oversight  of 
the  property  for  its  general  up-keep  and  im¬ 
provement,  under  the  direction  of  the  church; 
to  have  charge  of  all  funds  involving  the  prop¬ 
erty  and  its  up-keep;  to  keep  a  careful  account 
of  all  monies  received  and  disbursed;  to  pro¬ 
vide  the  church  with  supplies,  such  as  fuel, 
light,  etc-;  to  give  an  annual  report  of  their 
work  to  the  church;  and  to  make  such  recom¬ 
mendations  to  the  church  regarding  the  prop¬ 
erty  as  they  may  deem  necessary. 

Sec.  3.  The  Chairman  shall  call  and  preside 
at  all  the  business  meetings  of  the  Trustees; 
the  Secretary  shall  keep  a  record  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  proceedings  of  their  meetings,  etc.;  and 
the  Treasurer  shall  have  charge  of  the  funds  of 
the  Trustees,  and  disburse  them  under  the  di¬ 
rection  of  the  same. 

ARTICLE  XII — Business  Meetings. 

Section  1.  The  church  body  shall  meet  at 
least  annually  for  a  business  meeting,  at  which 

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time  it  shall  receive  and  act  upon  the  reports 
of  secretaries,  and  treasurers,  and  of  such  com¬ 
mittees  as  it  may  have  appointed;  and  to  elect 
its  officers,  trustees,  and  other  helpers  that  are 
necessary  to  carry  on  the  work. 

Sec.  2.  The  Pastor  or  some  person  duly  ap¬ 
pointed  by  him  shall  act  as  chairman  of  the 
business  meetings  of  the  church;  and  the  Sec¬ 
retary  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  Church  Council 
shall  act  as  the  secretary  and  the  treasurer  of 
the  church. 

Sec.  3.  The  church  shall  appoint  delegates 
to  the  annual  Workers  Conference,  according 
to  Art.  VI.,  Sec.  3,  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
Association,  either  at  some  business  meeting 
of  the  church,  or  in  such  other  way  as  the 
church  may  decide  upon. 

Sec.  4.  The  church  may  also  at  some  busi¬ 
ness  meeting,  adopt  such  By-Laws  as  it  shall 
find  necessary  to  conduct  its  work,  providing 
they  do  not  conflict  with  this  Constitution  or 
that  of  the  Missionary  Church  Association. 


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